About the grant

Starting in Fall 2026, the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant for Medical Education will provide funding to medical students in postgraduate family medicine residency programs who agree to work as a family doctor in Ontario upon graduation.

The grant covers the direct educational costs from your undergraduate medical education, including:

  • tuition
  • compulsory fees
  • books
  • other direct education costs (for example, supplies and equipment)

Eligibility

The grant is only available to medical students in postgraduate family medicine residency programs at Ontario medical schools. It does not extend to:

  • other medical specialties
  • students who attended out-of-province medical schools
  • undergraduate medical students

To be eligible for the grant, you must:

  • be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person
  • be an Ontario resident
  • have lived in Ontario for 12 consecutive months without being in full-time postsecondary studies
  • have completed an undergraduate degree at an Ontario medical school
  • be enrolled in a postgraduate family medicine residency program at an Ontario medical school
  • commit to practising comprehensive primary care as a family medicine physician anywhere in Ontario for 5 years

Where you can work after you graduate

Upon graduation, you must practise as a family medicine physician under one of the following approved comprehensive primary care models:

  • Comprehensive Care Model
  • Family Health Group
  • Family Health Organization
  • Blended Salary Model as part of a Family Health Team or Rural and Northern Group Physician Agreement
  • An employer that delivers comprehensive primary care services through a Community Health Centre or an Indigenous Primary Health Care Organization

Service commitment

To receive the grant, you must commit to practising comprehensive primary care as a family medicine physician anywhere in Ontario for 5 years.

If you do not fulfill your service commitment, the grant will be converted into a repayable loan.

Apply

Applications open in Fall 2026.

The Ontario Learn and Stay Grant for Medical Education is administered through OSAP. You must use an OSAP account to apply for the grant.

Sign up to be notified

You can sign up to be notified when the application opens using your OSAP account.

If you have an OSAP account:

  • log in
  • navigate to the "Medical Education" section
  • select “Notify me when the application is available”.

If you do not have an OSAP account

You must register for an OSAP account and sign up to indicate that you wish to be notified when the application is open.

To register for OSAP you will need to provide:

  • Social Insurance Number (SIN)
  • basic personal information